design

Bartenders slinging craft cocktails and chefs growing their own seasonal ingredients have primed our city for the next wave of locally made goods: Independent designers, artisans, and creator —collectively described as “makers”—are filling studios and workshops across Denver and cranking out...

At first, Ruth Hiller’s hopes for a Winter Park home were modest: a place to crash on the weekends to help feed her serious ski addiction, a 60-days-on-the-slopes habit that was becoming an exhausting schlep from her house in Boulder. The visual artist, who splits her time between Colorado and New...

From the futuristic vibe of Snooze to the stripped-down appeal of Ace Eat Serve, Denver’s hippest eateries boast atmospheres as varied as their entrées. Yet these and nearly a dozen other Front Range favorites have one thing in common: Melissa Friday.
Once a successful, well-compensated chef in...

Sought after for his encyclopedic knowledge of furniture history—and his ability to blend styles seamlessly—Denver interior designer Jeffrey P. Elliott creates interior spaces that are both simple and elegant. Originally an aspiring photographer, Elliott landed in Denver 25 years ago and promptly...

The first time I went to the Denver Botanic Gardens, it was the middle of winter. I was 16 and visiting my brother who was at work for the day. Though snow had settled on many of the bushes, there was still fauna to view and a greenhouse in which to escape the chill. But I would be...

Jonathan Adler's Denver outpost, brimming with his trademark happy-chic home goods, has been making our chakras tingle from the moment it opened in summer 2012. Since then, we've talked Colorado style with the NYC-based design icon and coveted his signature pottery (and giggled over the...